Hong Yuan Holding Group (HGYN)

[badslinke]

This is a little disconcerting :

'Are Member States now free to ban plastic bags on their territory?
Yes, provided that certain conditions are met – the ban can't be discriminatory to a certain type of lightweight plastic bag over another, and it mustn't be a disguised restriction on trade between Member States.'

That's taken from the Q&A section of the European commission website detailing the directive. The only language I could find that might pertain to bioplastics is here. To me, this sounds like bioplastics would not be an acceptable replacement for regular plastic bags in the instance a member state goes with the full ban option. On the other hand, if the state just chooses to levy a tax or charge per bag, , it is unclear if bioplastics would also be charged.

Thoughts? No hopeless pumping or bashing please. Far too much of that on this board already. Some honest intelligent analysis would be nice.